French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron takes part in a special political TV show entitled "15mn to convince" at the studios of French television channel France 2 in Saint-Cloud, west of Paris, on April 20, 2017, a few days ahead of the first round of the presidential election.

Tensions have risen sharply over North Korea's advancing nuclear and missile programmes. Pence has been patching up relations, reassuring allies who wonder about Trump's unpredictable ways, and diving into global crises like North Korea. "Where we are at is a diplomatic crisis with some military posturing". The tit-for-tat came as US Vice-President Mike Pence again attacked North Korea's weapons program while in Australia.

Barghouti was "instigating mutiny and leading the hunger strike and that is a severe violation of the rules of the prison", said Israeli Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan. He is popular among Palestinians, with polls suggesting he could win the Palestinian presidency. "On this day, we are reminded of the pain of imprisonment, the cruelty of the occupation and the injustice of the prison cells, as we are reminded of our pride in your steadfastness and sacrifice", said Rami Hamdallah, prime ...

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg says that the Alliance supports Georgia's aspirations to become a NATO member. United States President Donald Trump appeared to have moved the farthest yet from his determination to work with Russian Federation, when he suggested on Wednesday that bilateral relations were at an "all-time low" and that Moscow might have known about the chemical attack in Syria.

The deal is about the USA resettling asylum seekers held in offshore processing camps on South Pacific islands in Papua New Guinea and Nauru, in exchange for Australia taking in refugees from El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras. Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull clashed with the President. "We will honor this agreement out of respect to this enormously important alliance".

The Sunday vote had an 85 percent turnout, with 51.4 percent voting "yes" to allow for constitutional changes which will give President Recep Tayyip Erdogan sweeping powers when it comes to national matters of legislation, finance, appointments and civil society.

There are a total of 1,32,10,206 voters entitled to exercise their franchise in electing councillors for the wards falling under the three civic bodies-North Delhi Municipal Corporation (104), South Delhi Municipal Corporation (104) and East Delhi Municipal Corporation (64).

Former hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his close ally Hamid Baghaei , both of whom were disqualified from running in the election, said in a joint statement that they will not support any of the candidates. Iranian Guardian Council approved six candidates to run for the presidential election including incumbent Hassan Rouhani . "Once the supreme leader had told him not to stand, it became impossible for him to be cleared by the Guardian Council", said Clement Therme, ...

After meeting with Abe, Pence held talks with Japanese Deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso on a new U.S. -Japan "economic dialogue" to be led by the two. "That's just something he believes has not served us well in the past", Spicer said. Japan boasts a massive trade surplus with the US. In Japan, Pence's two main goals are to spur increased USA access to Japanese markets and strengthen Japanese foreign investment.

The hammer used in such competitions is a metal ball attached to a steel wire. The hammer weighs as much as 16lbs (7kg). Mr Roser, a freshman student at Wheaton College in IL, was rushed to hospital where he was pronounced dead. According to WCPO Channel 9 , Roser was a 2016 graduate of Mason High School in Mason, Ohio, a suburb of Cincinnati. He was studying to be a minister.

Tension has been spiraling in recent weeks amid widespread speculation that North Korea may test a new nuclear device or an intercontinental ballistic missile in celebration of the 105th birthday of its late founding father Kim Il-sung on April 15.

North Korea could attack Australia with nuclear weapons if Canberra continues "blindly toeing the U.S. line", a spokesman of North Korean Foreign Ministry said Sunday, Sputnik reported. Australia opposition says the threat is of "enormous concern". With the communist state marking the 85th anniversary of the foundation of its Korean People's Army on Tuesday, Seoul and Washington have been intensifying their warnings against any additional provocation.